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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • March 31, 2026

    ISP, SC City Settle Pole Attachment Fight Without FCC's Help

    Internet service provider Gigapower and the South Carolina city it was beefing with over pole attachments have come to terms on their own and no longer need the Federal Communications Commission to step in and settle the matter.

  • March 31, 2026

    Verizon Can't Enforce Tower Lease, Judge Says

    Verizon Wireless did not provide the North Carolina landowner it signed a cell tower equipment lease with what it had promised in the bargain, and therefore the lease is not valid, a North Carolina federal court has ruled.

  • March 31, 2026

    Trump Order Cutting Off Funds For NPR, PBS Blocked

    A D.C. federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order stripping all federal funding from the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio was unconstitutional Tuesday, writing that the order met all three elements of retaliation for protected speech.

  • March 31, 2026

    FCC Floats Adding Yet More Foreign Gear To 'Covered List'

    The Federal Communications Commission wants to block the importation of telecommunications gear that was put on its so-called covered list — a list of equipment the agency has deemed poses national security risks — before it had passed rules banning the authorization of such equipment.

  • March 31, 2026

    9th Circ. Won't Rethink Apple App Store Injunction

    The Ninth Circuit on Monday refused Apple's bid to reconsider part of a panel decision in Epic Games Inc.'s favor that largely affirmed an injunction blocking Apple from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its payment systems, declining to clarify what fees Apple can charge.

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